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Letters From China Describe Executions And Odd Interventions
A 1876 China letter reports two local executions near Kinkiang for rebellion attempts after queues were cut. It recalls crowd witnesses, head cages, and moral indignation, plus a Christian native’s wife sale case and chapel interruptions by a hog and a beggar. It ends noting new WFM S representatives and Webster religion discussion in Boston.
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England
Kinkiang
Howe
Hoag
Daniel Webster
Joseph Cook
Boston
John Taylor
New Hampshire
Webster
Elms Farm
Salisbury
Washington
Judge Nesmith
Franklin
Neemith